Table 1. Commercial yeasts used in this study

Brand name Manufacturer Species Characteristics4)
Optimum temp. range (℃) Alcohol tolerance (%)
La parisienne (red) S. I. Lesaffre1) S. cerevisiae 15-35 -
La parisienne (black) S. I. Lesaffre S. cerevisiae 15-36 -
Fermivin DSM2) S. cerevisiae 15-37 14
RC212 Lalvin3) S. cerevisiae 15-30 12-14
K1-V1116 Lalvin S. cerevisiae 15-31 18
D47 Lalvin S. cerevisiae 10-30 14
EC1118 Lalvin S. bayanus 7-35 18
1)S. I. Lesaffre, Marcq-en-Baroeul cedex, France.
2)DSM Food Specialties, Delft, The Netherlands.
3)Lallemand Inc., Montreal, Canada.
4)Information from commercial wine yeast maker.